Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1887-06-11
the Other hand, he has boring

thu Other mana, ne mas OOring
leyees to hold for the Queen,
foundation stones to lay, bridges to
open, dinners to go to, speeches to
make. meetings to preside at, and ev-
cry heavy drawing room and other
court entertainment to be present at.
II he does get away, when he can, to
smoke a cigarette at his club with his
set, have chat behind the scenes at
the Gaiety, or take a run over to Can
mes or Homburg for a good time gen.
orally with any bright, witty Ameri-
can girl who can talk and cheer a man
up. who would really blame him? He
is only seeking freedom from restraint.
He does some unnecessary things, how
ever-things out of keeping with ones
ideal of MAINLAND then he leaves
himself open to Just criticism. For
example, at Sandown races he had
young and pretty women walters IN
stead of men to carry round refresh
ments, and went so far liz fostering the
innovation "a to personally design the
costume they were attired in-viz.:
black cloaks. three-cornered caps short
skirts and red stockings! He is get
ting tritle too old for such nonsense,
is ''Tummy," and one would have a
right to expect greater things from the
nations future King during his moth
er's Jubilee year; especially did not
one remember that after all it is but
a species of pardonable relaxation
occasioned by the habitual restraint
there is thrown over him.
His eldest son, Prince Albert Victor,
is just now experiencing his first bit of
severe royal restraint. He has been
for some time quartered at Alder
slot, by the by as Lieutenant Of
the Tenth Hussars, the SWEETEST cav
airy regiment of the British army,
and OF which his father is Colonel.
He has been given good long line
for his leading string, and allowed to
fall in love with every pretty girl he
met, so long as matters did not assume
a serious aspect. The poor young fel.
low has kept pretty well within bounds
until lately. But it seems one fair
young maiden sunk her bright eyes,
rosy lips, pearly teeth and slender
ankles deeper down i'll his princely
heart and budding affections than |
royal restraint permitted; and as a
Prince Albert Victor is
to be shipped off to Gibraltar without |
ceremony, the 18th. in charge OF q Sc
date equerry, there to join one OF the |
line regiments in the shape of the Six.
tieth Rifles. to one of the battalions
Of which infantry corps he has been
gazetted. 1t is rather a severe pun
shment for a purely natural offense;
Tor not only is he spirited away be-
vond the reach of his lady love, but
TO 60 from u regiment like the Tenth
Hussars and all its smart belongings
and surroundings. to a common
place one like the Sixtieth, where his
brother officers are in no way equal
n form" to those of the Tenth,
where he will be obliged to march on his
eet instead of astride dashing charger
and where uniform of dingy, invis.
bic green takes the place of blue and
elaborate gold-lace trimmings. can, in
'ome respects be regarded as little less
han humiIiating degradation. II it
lad been the Rifle Brigade-but the
,ixtieth!
Idare say his papa has had the
trongest finger in directing the penal
y. You see "Tummy" himself, when
le was youngster and quartered at
he Curragh Camp, IN Ireland, with
he Grenadier Guards, away back in
go or SO, went and lost his head and
leart over a pretty Irish girl, and the
eport was at the time actually mar
led her. OF course the marriage
vas not legal, for a Prince can not
marry subject without the consent
# Parliament; but that, instead of
xcusing the Prince, only made it
more disgraceful of him. So she ,
nows how it is himself"
There does not appear to be any.
hing whatever against the young ,
ady who has been so honored as to ,
apture the heart of future English ,
ling, but it has given her a great deal /.
I disagreeable notoriety.